The Hồ chicken or gà Hồ is a Vietnamese
breed of
chicken
The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adu ...
, originating in
Bắc Ninh Province.
[Breed data sheet: Ga Ho/Viet Nam]
Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2014. It is one of many local chicken varieties in Vietnam including: gà Ri (the most popular breed), gà Tàu Vàng, gà Nòi,
gà Đông Tảo, gà Mía, gà Tam Hoàng, gà Lương Phượng, etc.
[W. J. Pryor Exploring Approaches to Research in the Animal Sciences in Vietnam: A Workshop Held in the City of Hue, Vietnam, 31 July-3 August 1995, published 1996 "Chicken strains: Local chicken breeds comprise more than 95% of the total chicken population of Vietnam. The Ri breed is the most popular but some other well-known breeds such as Ho chicken and Dong Cao chicken are now being reared."]
References
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Chicken breeds originating in Vietnam
Chicken breeds